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chromium

noun

  1. chemical element with symbol Cr and atomic number 24
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkɹoʊ.mi.əm/

name

  1. An open source web browser developed by Google

noun

Etymology: From New Latin, from French chrome (from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”)) + -ium. So called because of the striking colors of its compounds.

  1. A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.